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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?
(a) The narrator's next novel had been a hot commodity among the major publishing houses.
(b) The agent's promotion.
(c) The narrator's newest novel has just been completed.
(d) The narrator's previous novel had been purchased for movie rights.

2. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

3. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?
(a) $300.
(b) $200.
(c) $150.
(d) $100.

4. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 600.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 800.

5. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Bronk.
(c) Strand.
(d) Cummings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?

2. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?

3. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?

4. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?

5. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?

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